Happy Birthday Blog for Mom

Happy Birthday Blog for Mom

Thanks for the backbone you gave this family.
Sometimes I picture the spine as a stack of cookies—ginger snaps, chocolate chips, snickerdoodles, oatmeal—layered strength, sweet and steady.

I didn’t plan to be a mom.

I didn’t plan to be a mom.

The most important part of Mother’s Day for me is my children. Not the card. Not the flowers. Not a gift. Certainly not guilting them into cooking, cleaning, or taking me out to eat (although I confess I tried that once or twice ). Mother´s Day is about this unexpected path, a journey I never imagined for myself. Motherhood. My children.